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cadalystlabsreview By Ron LaFon A When we invited companies to participate in this roundup of wide-format scanners and printers, Cadalyst requested that the selected devices support at least D-size paper (24” x 36”) and were released after January 2007. In the case of printer/plotters, we allowed any printing technology appropriate for CAD and GIS applications, such as ink jet, thermal, or LED. Each vendor could submit a maximum of three scanners and/or three printer/plotters. The vendors also supplied (and verified) the detailed data Wide-Format Scanners and Printers: Head to Head included in the feature tables you can Check out Cadalyst.com for comprehensive tables that compare the find on Cadalyst.com. features of these wide-format scanners and printers side by side. Keep in mind that this article is Get detailed information about relevant scanner and printer a survey of products. I’ve had direct specifications and performance. experience with various models from www.cadalyst.com/0908scanner-table nearly all vendors included here and www.cadalyst.com/0908printer-table can attest to their quality and engi18 www.cadalyst.com cadalyst September 2008 signiﬁcant number of original drawings, blueprints, and maps are at risk because they’ve never been transferred to a digital format. These paper documents represent a substantial amount of time, money, and resources — and protecting them could be vital to your organization. Scanning these wide-format originals into digital masters for long-term security is a top priority. At the same time, we face the reality that even in today’s digital world, not all ﬁles are fully useful in digital format, and at times must be output to paper for information sharing, markup, or portability to the ﬁeld. That’s when you must call on a wide-format printer to produce paper documents at sizes far larger than a typical desktop printer can produce. This Cadalyst Labs roundup surveys a variety of wideformat scanners and printers currently available and the factors to consider when purchasing these devices. We present here a broad array of high-quality, wide-format devices offering options that are greater than ever. What We Requested http://www.cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com/0908scanner-table http://www.cadalyst.com/0908printer-table http://www.cadalyst.com

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Cadalyst - September 2008 Contents Editor's Window Cad Central Tech Trends: Genie Out of the Bottle Cadalyst Labs Reviews: Big Tools for Big Jobs — Wide-Format Scanners and Printers Make Small Work of Large Projects Cadalyst Labs Reviews: AutoCAD 2009 — General-Purpose CAD Software Cadalyst Labs Reviews: AecBatchStylesEditor 2009 — CAD Standards Management Software for AEC Cad manager: Synchronize CAD Files over a Wide Area MCAD Modeling: Is 2D Drawing Doomed? Plm Strategies: More Bang for Your Truck Aec Insight: Works and Plays Well with Others Cad Cartoon Issue Indexes Hot Tip Harry: VBA Hints for Customizing AutoCAD

Cadalyst - September 2008

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